Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

All to often i hear people commenting about these squads, but what i don't see or hear about is the commitment the paddlers (and parents) in these squads give. They are training more days than not each week, in all weather conditions, rain, snow, break ice to get on flat water and training on differ...

I'm sure paddle-ups have judged at some races, but if - as you say yourself - paddle-ups enter more than one paddle-up class at a race, they cannot judge as time would not allow. Maybe this could be solved by making it a condition of paddle-up that the parents/guardians of paddle-up competitors at ...

Read all of the motions for the ACM, but cant see anything about managing the size of Div1 or how to ensure that Div1 events are not oversubscribed Looking at the numbers: ......... Promoted from Div2 ....... Promoted to Prem ....... Additional paddlers in Div1 K1W ....... 26 ..........................

Positive points for paddling up: Some paddlers would like to paddle more than one class in paddle up, they cannot do this whilst judging. There is capacity for additional entries in divisions (despite Div1 being full most of the time), paddle up entries bring much needed income to these events Obse...

I notice that Shepperton is full, and there is a waiting list, and that paddle ups are not accepted, and any cheques received for paddlers that cannot race will be shredded. But there are entries on the list with '£' payment required - so my question is simple. How can they be accepted as an entry w...